

The Boston Licensing Board on Thursday approved plans by Frank Delaney and Teresa Murphy to replace the short-lived Scobie’s, 782 Adams St. in Dorchester, with the Session House, which will feature Irish pub grub accompanied by Irish seisiún music – much of it by local musicians.
Funding is tight in Boston’s public schools (BPS), with budget cuts forcing layoffs for more than 500 teachers as rising costs, flat revenues, and the loss of federal funding has put a hole in the city’s budget.

Boston residents who use the curbside food waste pickup program learned this week that the program will move from a weekly to a bi-weekly schedule starting on Oct. 5., meaning that those who participate in the “green bin” program will have to hold their food waste for two weeks between collections.

Funding is tight in Boston’s public schools (BPS), with budget cuts forcing layoffs for more than 500 teachers as rising costs, flat revenues, and the loss of federal funding has put a hole in the city’s budget.

Relatives of the late Jack Connors family joined Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and elected leaders for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Camp Harbor View offices in Dorchester’s Southline complex last Wednesday, May 13.
The Boston Police Department reports arresting a Jamaican national living in Hyde Park on various gun charges – among them, being an armed career criminal for offenses that date back decades and which have led to him being deported at least once.

Minority-owned businesses have gotten just 5.13 percent of the more than $89 million the city has spent so far on its portion of the stadium project, according to a city website.

Police arrested Jaynell Sumler today. He’s charged with two counts of attempted murder.

A flurry of gun violence has disrupted life in parts of Dorchester and Mattapan in recent days.

A new, month-long “Dine Out Dorchester” promotion aimed at supporting the Dorchester Day Parade is now underway through May 31 at participating neighborhood restaurants.
Police say the armed suspect drove at officers and struck a cruiser while trying to flee a traffic stop last evening.
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